Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9318.S45 L5 1638

lZ Ofthe Poticrty of Chrift. of man, as hunger, and thirft, andWearineffe, he was Rnfible ofgriefe. our firma. He tooke upon him likewife our firmes, fo farre as there is any thingpenali in fin in refpeet of punifhment. Youknow there is two things in guilt, there is the demerit, and dcfert of it, and there is an obligation to punifhment; now the obligation to punifhment hee tooke on him, though the merit, and defect hee tooke not,bee Hovv Chrift became f nape that is, by Gene hebecame bound t cooe > > our (Lines, to the punifhment for finne, he tooke not the demerit; for in refpeh of himfelfe hedeferved no filch death as he underwent. To cleare rhis a little further, bee tooke uponhim our nature, that he might become finnefor us, he tookeup- on him the guilt as farte as guilt is an obliga- simik. tion to punifhment . The fonne of a Traytor, he loofeth his fathers lands, not byany com- munion of fault, put by communion of nature, becaufe hee is part of his father : fo Chrift' tooke the communion of our nature, that hee' might take the communion ofour punifflment,; not of our fault; as the fonne is no Traytor, but becaufe hee is part of his father, that was a, Traylor, by his nearene(ie, and communion with his father, he is wrapped in the fame pu- nifhment. Simile In a City that is obnoxious to the Kings difpleafure, perhaps there areCome thatarenot; guilty of the offence that the bodyofthe City' is, yet being all Citizens, they are all punifhed, by reafon oftheir communion: fo inthis refpeâ Chrift

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